Beach Volleyball: Roadrunners suffer 5-0 loss to Long Beach

Rio Hondo College faced off against Long Beach City College on Friday and suffered an identical result. As the designated home team, the Roadrunners fell to the Vikings by a final score of 5-0 in a South Coast Conference match at the Granada Beach volleyball courts in Long Beach.

Rio Hondo is still looking for its first conference victory and fell to 0-4 in the SCC and is 6-10 overall.

The Roadrunners' best shot at a win came at the No. 2 matchup. The Rio Hondo duo of Stephanie Perez and Mara Sanchez pushed the LBCC squad of Jessica Blakeman and Kylee Irwin-Paz to three sets but fell by scores of 21-12, 15-21, 15-6.

Complete results are below:

#1 Sierra Davis / Brooklin Mize (LB) def. Gabrielle Cruz / Vania Maciel (RIO) 21-10, 21-11
#2 Jessica Blakeman / Kylee Irwin-Paz (LB) def. Stephanie Perez / Mara Sanchez (RIO) 21-12, 15-21, 15-6
#3 Doris Woods / Isabella Alvarez (LB) def. Evelyn Alferez / Janine Coria (RIO) 21-12, 21-18
#4 Kaitlyn Peterson / Elsa Woods (LB) def. Felipa Moreno / Denyse Perez (RIO) 21-9, 21-13
#5 Calissa Candalot / Emma Harris (LB) def. Ariel Garcia / Valerie Rodriguez (RIO) 21-16, 21-13

The Roadrunners return to action next Friday (Apr. 5) when they travel to El Camino College for a 10 a.m. SCC match.